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Samsung patents camera module with magnetic guide for precise alignment

Patent drawing
Patent drawing from the official filing.

This patent describes a camera module design that uses magnets and coils to guide a carrier holding a reflection member into place. A guide structure with three contact points ensures the component aligns correctly within the camera housing before light passes through the lens to the sensor.

Why it mattersIt offers a specific mechanical method for aligning internal camera parts, which could help manufacturers build more consistent camera modules.

In the filing’s own words

A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a reflection member, a carrier including a seating portion on which the reflection member is disposed and a guide portion extending in a direction away from the reflection member, a camera housing including an accommodating portion having a guide groove formed thereon such that at least a portion of the guide portion is accommodated therein, the carrier being disposed on the camera housing, a guide structure disposed between the guide portion and the guide groove and having at least three points configured to come into contact with at least one of the guide portion, a first magnet disposed on a first surface of the carrier, a second magnet disposed on a second surface perpendicular to the first surface of the carrier, a first coil disposed on the camera housing and facing the first magnet, a second coil disposed on the camera housing and facing the second magnet, a lens structure through which light reflected from the reflection member transmits, and an image sensor to which the light having transmitted the lens structure enters.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A camera module comprising: a reflection member; a carrier including a seating portion on which the reflection member is disposed, and a guide portion extending in a direction away from the reflection member; a camera housing including an accommodating portion having a guide groove formed thereon such that at least a portion of the guide portion is accommodated therein, the carrier being disposed on the camera housing; a guide structure disposed between the guide portion and the guide groove and having at least three points configured to come into contact with at least one of the guide portion; a first magnet disposed on a first surface of the carrier; a second magnet disposed on a second surface perpendicular to the first surface of the carrier; a first coil disposed on the camera housing and facing the first magnet; a second coil disposed on the camera housing and facing the second magnet; a lens structure through which light reflected from the reflection member transmits; and an image sensor which the light having transmitted the lens structure enters.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
Camera module and electronic device including same
Patent number
US12769186B2
Application number
19058654
Filed
Feb 20, 2025
Granted
Oct 20, 2026
Inventors
4
Claims
20

Classified under

G03B 13/36 Physics & computingG02B 27/646 Physics & computingG03B 5/00 Physics & computingG03B 2205/0069 Physics & computing
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